because it does not enter into his heart where moral character resides, but into his stomach, and then passes out into the latrine?” By this statement, Mark explains, Jesus was declaring all foods ceremonially clean—abolishing the Old Testament dietary restrictions.
For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.” (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.)
NMVBecause it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats?
OJBBecause it does not enter into his lev, but into his stomach and goes out into the latrine, making all the okhel tohar.
TCENTFor it does not go into his heart but into his stomach; then it goes out into the latrine, thus purifying all foods.”
T4TInstead of entering and ruining our minds/souls, it goes into our stomachs, and afterwards the refuse passes out of our bodies.” By saying this, Jesus was declaring that people can eat any food without causing God to reject them.